Combination door stop and holder



O'ct.16,1928 1,688,221

:.'J. ABBEY COMBINATION DOOR STOP AND HOLDER Filed March 6, 1928 ATTORNEY Patented (list. 16, 1928.

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CHARLES a. ABBEY, or

ooivireiniirion noon- Application filed March 6,

This invention relates to a device or appliance adapted to be used in conjunction with a closure, such as a door, and relates more particularly to a combination stop and holder or check, which will stop the movement of a door and hold the door a-jar or open, and which will readily release the door subject to a pulling force applied thereto when closing the door.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device of the indicated character, which may be converted and be adj usted to suit different conditions for stopping and releasably holding a door in open position.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the indicated character which is simple of construction, readily applicable for use, and comparatively inexpensive of manutacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention resides in the particular construction, adjustability, and functions of the parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying the features of the present invention fixed in position and releasably engaging a door, a portion of which is shown.

Fig. 2 is a planview of the device, the door being shown in section. V

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. at is a sectional view taken on the line 4& of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device converted for use to engage the lower edge of a door.

The device or appliance includes a. stock 10 consisting of a part 11 and a part 12. The parts 11 and 12 are formed with reduced ends 13 respectively which present shoulders 1 1, and said ends 13 are adapted to be overlapped, so that the parts 11 and 12 may be disposed relatively in alignn'ient, or at right angles. Each end 13 has a hole 15, the hole in the end 13 of the part 11 is threaded. The saidholes 1.5 accommodate a screw 16 adapted for threading engagmcnt in the threaded hole 15 and serves to securely and rigidly connect the parts 11 and 12 together. The part 12 has a member 17 which may be made of rubber and serves as a stop or butler. The stock 10 is se- SKOV/HEG-AN, MAINE.

STOP A'NB HOLDER.

1928. Serial No. 259,421.

cured by the use of suitable means for ap-' ceived in a threaded bore 20 in the lower end oi the part 11. The lowerend ot' the part 11 engages the iioor and is surrounded by a disk or plate 21 having a corrugated under face 22 which contacts with the floor to prevent slipping. A suitable split spring washer 23 surrounds the lower endof the part 11 and is arranged between the disk 21 and a shoulder on the part 11. The said washer 23 serves to hold the stool; 10 in the desired adjusted position. The member 1? is encountered by the door when the latter is being moved to the open position and is thus limited in its movement by said member 17.

In order to releasably hold the door 2 1 in open position there is provided a flexible member 25 which may be made of spring metal bent and formed to provide'an angularly disposed portion 26 which constitutes a cam, and spaced ears or lugs 2'? near the portion 26. The end of the member 25 opposite that having the portion 26 is connected with a block 28. The lugs 27 serve to support a roller 29 which is positioned between said lugs. The flexible member 25 as formed together with the roller 29 constitutes a catch adapted to be connected with the stock 10. This catch when used to engage one side edge of the door 24c is connected with the part 12 of the stock 10. This is accomplished by providing an unthreaded hole 30 in the part 12 and a threaded hole 31 in the block 28. The hole 31 is brought into registration with the hole 30, and a screw 32 is accommodated by the hole 30 and threads into the hole 31, thus holding the catch in place. The roller 29 is receivable in a recess 33 in the door which is protected by an escutcheon 34:. A spring pressed plate 35 closes the opening in the escutcheon 34.

Thedevice will be positioned so that when the door 24 is being opened, the door will encounter the stop or buffer 17 at such position that the roller 29 may enter the recess '33. This is accomplished the edge or the door encountering the portion 26 otthe member which flexes thelatter far enough to allow the roller 29 to ride up on the escutcheon 3a and then enter the recess 33. The roller 29 engages the esc-utcheon 3st and releasably holds the door in the open position. By eX- erting a pull on the door 34 to close the same,

. the roller 29 will ride on the escutcheon 34 and V 5. In order, to accomplish this purpose, the

part 11 of the stock has a slot 86, and the block 28 of the catch has a threaded hole 37. The screw 32 may extend through the slot 36 at any preferred position and is or" suiiicient length to enter the hole 37 to securely hold the catch in place. The under side of the door has a recess protected by an escutcheon.

It will also be apparent that the device may be converted so asto be attached to and extend laterally from a wallbase for the intended purpose. In order to do this the parts 11 and 12 of the stock 10 are disposed relatively in alignment. It will alsobe apparent that the catch may be detached leaving the stock 10 with its stop or buffer 17 to be used as a door stop which may be attached either to the floor or to a wall base.

I claim: 7

1. In a device or the class described, a flexible member adapted to be rigidly connected at one end, a cam on the other end of said member, and a roller carried by said member behind said cam, said cam serving for flexing said member when pressure is applied thereto by the edge of a door, and said roller being so positioned as to enter a recess in the edge of the door to releasably hold the door open.

2. A door stop comprising a stock, means for rigidly attaching the stock, and a buffer on one end of said stock, said stock being jointed whereby the butter may be disposed in different position with respect to the attaching means.

Signed at Skowhegan in the county of Somerset and State of Maine this 2nd day of March, A. D. 1928.

CHARLES J. ABBEY 

